2026 Vito Turk: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	92	2163	1963	1	1	374	50931

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Slovenia Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Slovenia Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Slovenia Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Slovenia Leader Award
1991 - Member of Academia Europaea
Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Vito Turk is affiliated with the Jožef Stefan Institute in Slovenia and has an extensive publication record primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Their work spans a range of subfields including Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases, Immunology, Cancer Research, and Cell Biology.

The main topics of research covered by Vito Turk include:

Protease and Inhibitor Mechanisms
SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
Calpain Protease Function and Regulation
Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis
Enzyme Production and Characterization
Computational Drug Discovery Methods
Enzyme Structure and Function

Vito Turk has contributed to multiple peer-reviewed journals and publication venues with frequent appearances in the following sources:

International Journal of Molecular Sciences
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Communications Biology
Science
Preprints.org

Recent notable publications authored or co-authored by Vito Turk include:

"X-ray screening identifies active site and allosteric inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 main protease," 2021, Science
"The structure of human thyroglobulin," 2020, Nature
"Time-resolved crystallography captures light-driven DNA repair," 2023, Science
"Antiviral activity of natural phenolic compounds in complex at an allosteric site of SARS-CoV-2 papain-like protease," 2022, Communications Biology
"The Role of Cysteine Protease Cathepsins B, H, C, and X/Z in Neurodegenerative Diseases and Cancer," 2023, International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Frequent collaborators working with Vito Turk include:

Aleksandra Usenik
Sebastian Günther
P. Reinke
Jure Loboda
Henry N. Chapman

Throughout their career, Vito Turk has received recognition through awards such as membership in the Academia Europaea since 1991 and is also a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).

Best Publications

Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)

Daniel J. Klionsky;Amal Kamal Abdel-Aziz;Sara Abdelfatah;Mahmoud Abdellatif

10661
Citations
Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

8488
Citations
Cysteine cathepsins: From structure, function and regulation to new frontiers

Vito Turk;Veronika Stoka;Olga Vasiljeva;Miha Renko

1473
Citations
The cystatins: protein inhibitors of cysteine proteinases.

Vito Turk;Wolfram Bode

1169
Citations
Lysosomal cysteine proteases: more than scavengers.

Boris Turk;Dušan Turk;Vito Turk

1120
Citations
Lysosomal cysteine proteases: facts and opportunities.

Vito Turk;Boris Turk;Dušan Turk

1022
Citations
Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

895
Citations
Lysosomal Protease Pathways to Apoptosis: CLEAVAGE OF Bid, NOT PRO-CASPASES, IS THE MOST LIKELY ROUTE *

Veronika Stoka;Veronika Stoka;Boris Turk;Sharon L. Schendel;Tae Hyoung Kim

879
Citations
The 2.0 A X-ray crystal structure of chicken egg white cystatin and its possible mode of interaction with cysteine proteinases.

W. Bode;R. Engh;D. Musil;U. Thiele

836
Citations
The refined 2.15 A X-ray crystal structure of human liver cathepsin B: the structural basis for its specificity.

D. Musil;D. Zucic;D. Turk;R.A. Engh

836
Citations
The refined 2.4 A X-ray crystal structure of recombinant human stefin B in complex with the cysteine proteinase papain: a novel type of proteinase inhibitor interaction.

M T Stubbs;B Laber;W Bode;R Huber

694
Citations
Selective disruption of lysosomes in HeLa cells triggers apoptosis mediated by cleavage of Bid by multiple papain-like lysosomal cathepsins.

Tina Cirman;Kristina Orešić;Gabriela Droga Mazovec;Vito Turk

606
Citations
Emerging roles of cysteine cathepsins in disease and their potential as drug targets.

Olga Vasiljeva;Thomas Reinheckel;Christoph Peters;Dusan Turk

555
Citations
Lysosomes and lysosomal cathepsins in cell death.

Urška Repnik;Veronika Stoka;Vito Turk;Boris Turk

458
Citations
Nomenclature and classification of the proteins homologous with the cysteine-proteinase inhibitor chicken cystatin.

Allan J. Barrett;Hans Fritz;Anders Grubb;Satoko Isemura

455
Citations
Cysteine Cathepsins Trigger Caspase-dependent Cell Death through Cleavage of Bid and Antiapoptotic Bcl-2 Homologues *

Gabriela Droga-Mazovec;Lea Bojič;Ana Petelin;Saška Ivanova

451
Citations
Ferri-liposomes as an MRI-visible drug-delivery system for targeting tumours and their microenvironment

Georgy Mikhaylov;Ursa Mikac;Anna A. Magaeva;Volya I. Itin

439
Citations
Cystatins: biochemical and structural properties, and medical relevance.

Vito Turk;Veronika Stoka;Dusan Turk

435
Citations
Lysosomal cathepsins and their regulation in aging and neurodegeneration.

Veronika Stoka;Vito Turk;Boris Turk;Boris Turk

341
Citations
Protease signalling: the cutting edge

Boris Turk;Dus ˘ an Turk;Vito Turk

333
Citations